Unit22EnvironmentalProtection索取,索取,再索取
孩子和母亲的关系似乎永远都是这一种形式
人类和自然母亲的关系又何尝不是如此呢
NatureIsOurMotherTake
Therelationshipbetweenachildandamotheralwaysseemstofollowsuchapattern
Likeachildendlesslyasking,wehumans,throughouthistory,havebeencontinuallydemandingwhatwedesirefromnature
Weenjoythecomfortandbeautyofourfurniture,yetweneverbothertothinkabouttheserioussoilerosioncausedbydeforestation
Wetakeitforgrantedthatwemustwarmourselvesinwintertimes,yetweseldomrealizealltheprosperityfromthedevelopmentofmodernindustry,yetfewwouldgivetheslightestconsiderationtotheglobalairandwaterpollutioncausedbyindustrialwastes
Ourruthlessexploitationhaspermanentlyimpairedourmotherearth
Now,standinghereatthethresholdofthe21stcentury,wecannothelpthinkingofourposterity(后代).Natureisnotonlythemotherofthepresentge